The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-05-13

loaded, was derailed fifteen miles west Of
Coolidge, New Mexico, and badly wrecked,
several passengers being killed or injured.
The Democrats of Kentucky nominated
Gen. Simon Bolivar Buekner by reclamation
for governor and Hon. James w. Bryan, Of
Covington, for lieutenant governor; p. w.
Hardin, . Mercer county, attorney general;
Gen. Lafayette Hewitt, Of Hardin, auditor;
Richard Tate, Of franklin, treasurer.
Wednesday being the first anniversary Of
the Haymarkct bomb throwing in Chicago,
the editor Of the Frele Presse, Mr.. Michaelis,
was presented by the Germans with q costly
silk American flag in appreciation of the Wig.
orous fight the Ffcie Presse made upon an-
archism.. Six hundred persons Joined in the
presentation and address to Mr.. Michaelis.
A shock Of earthquake was plainly felt at
Ell Paso, Texas, at 3:0s O'Clock Tuesday after
noon, which lasted about two minutes. 1t
was perceptible in every portion Of the city.
The shock go alarmed the citizens of all
classes that only invalids and the helpless
were left within doors. No serious damage
is reported.
A violent wind storm swept over Jefferson
City NO., Monday, unrooang Lohman's opera
house, blowing down the inside walls and de-
stroving the stage and scenery. A number
of other houses were unroofed, among them
being Music Hall. There was considerable
damage to orchards, and fences were leveled
throughout the country.
The wrecking of the w~est.beund passenger
on the Atlantic and Pacific, fifteen miles west
of Coolidge reported Monday, was not so
serious as first reported. The wreck was
caused by a broken truck, which derailcd the
engine and three coaches, which were badly
smashed. The passengers were terribly
shaken up and bruised, but no one was
killed.
Fosters opera house at Des Moincs, Iowa,
burned Friday afternoon. Loss, 10000; in.
surance, $4,000. The fire originated about
the stage, and persons in the third story and
Offices were obliged to escape through wind
VI and down firemen's ladders. Miss Hattie
Drake, a stenographer, was nearly suffocated,
and was borne insensible down the ladder,
Fireman Patric Lynch, who saved her, nearly
lost his life in doing SO.
A fire In st. Augustine, ella, Tuesday
morning, destroyed the st. Augustine hotel,
the old Spanish cathedral, Edwards hotel,
the court house, Sinclair block, Chamberlin's
store, Mrs. Calls residence and Welter's
hotel. The loss amounts to s25O,00O. The
COLLECTION Of customs tclegraphed the
treasury department.: 1.-THE :princi.
pal hotels of tue city were Destroyed
by fire. The cournty court house also
burned. Can I offer assistance in the way of
rooms in the postofice building not occupieda
Impossible to procure rooms outside this
building. and the records are exposed" Sec
rotary Fairchild telcgraphed in reply: ssRen-
der every assistance to the city officials in the
way of providing roomsin the postofice build
ing.'
The British steamship Bon Hope, from Vera
Cruz for New York, burned thirty miles off
Tybee Island Thursday afternoon. The Off
GERS and crew were rescued and brought to
Savannah. The cargo consisted of lis, 600
gallons of crude petroleum. The origin of
the fire is unknown, and spread SO rapidly the
crew was barely able to take to the boats.
The steamer was valued at $3.50, GOO. The loss
or the cargo is unknown.
A bulky envelope, containing 81, 900 in cur
rcncy, was received through the mail Tues
day by one of the reform members Of the
board of county commissioner at Chicago.
Enclosed with the roll of bills was a slip of
paper bearing the inscription: "This money
belongs to Cook county" It is supposed
that the amount is a part of the proceeds of
one of the noted Doodle operations now being
dealt with by the courts.
The Plttsburg Post says a gigantic schemes
by which the entire river coal industry, In
Guiding all the transportation facilities from
the Monongehala valley to New Orleans, will
be controlled by one powerful syndicate, is
being considered by all the operators between
these points. An organization is to be formed
within tue next few weeks. It will be the
most powerful coal pool in the county, and
will represent millions Of dollars.
The bodies Of three negro brothers named
Sylvester were found hanging to q tree ON the
roadside six miles east Of Proctor, w. Va.
AluSA OOAy 0OAO q UAoS6tu vi WulCu was WIFI
ten .s'NiPgcr thievery must be broken up.n
The farmers in the neighborhood have suffer-
ed depredations at the hands Of unknown
persons, and 1t seems they finally settled on
the sylvesters as the guilty ones. These
negroes lived comfortably, but scarcely did
any work. No arrests have been made.
At Cleveland. Ohio, on Sunday night, the
body of Mary Mccarthy, adomestic in the EN-.
ploy of Rev. w. Merle Smith, was found on
the premises next door, having been mur
dertd. Evidences Of a violent struggle were
present, her clothing being partly torn from
her. A post mortem demonstrated that she
had died from strangulation, by being choked
while defending herself. She had spent the
afternoon and evening visiting her mother.
The following business Was transacted at
the Unite.l States land Office in Huron, OAK,
for February and March, 1887, Is shown by
the reports just completed and forwarded to
the department Of tine interior at Wash.
ington:
etc. February. March:
Homestead llings........ % 63
Timber culture flings...... 50 60
Presumption proofs-cash
COMMITTED homsteadproofs 60 81
Final homestead prooie.... IS 81
Total acres newly fled on. 1886 90,7O5
Total acres acquired by final
proof and cash entry .....28,07S 2S,24l
At Wilmington, N. c., Thursday morning,
six negro boys, aged 10 to II years, were st